The last time we discussed JustJen (Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux), it was last week’s tabloid onslaught – all of the tabs seemed to claim that Justin and Jennifer were having some relationship problems, but everyone had a different idea about what the root of the problem was. Perhaps it was Justin’s cozy “bidness” meeting with two women? Perhaps it was his ongoing friendship with his ex, Heidi Bivens? Perhaps it was Jennifer ignoring Justin’s clean, modern style sensibilities as she began to transform their new Bel Air mansion into a 1970s shag-pad? Us Weekly has some evidence to back up that last one. Apparently, Aniston is sparing no expense for the refurbishment of their gigantic Bel Air mansion. And it really does seem like she’s picking everything out:

Jennifer Aniston’s future sure looks bright! A source tells Hot Stuff that during a March 5 visit to NYC, “Jen picked out $20,000 worth of lights” at B4 It Was Cool, a high-end vintage lighting store, for her new 8,5000-square-foot, $21 million mansion in Bel Air.

And just 10 days later in West Hollywood, she and beau Justin Theroux browsed specialty furniture at the exclusive Melrose Project. While the actress, 43, decides on décor, construction is under way on the house.

“It needs several months of work, both interior and exterior,” says a source. Yet the move can’t come soon enough for the star and Theroux, who have already outgrown their tiny Hollywood Hills rental.

“They’re anxious to get out,” says the insider. “Their puppy needs more space, and Jen has been worried that the dog’s been messing up the place!”

[From Us Weekly, print edition]

On one side, I feel like whoever is paying for the house and the furnishings (Aniston) gets to decide on the style. On the other side, I don’t really like Aniston’s interior design sensibilities, and I would like to see her make a concerted effort to blend her darker, more “comfortable,” 1970s-influenced style with Justin’s cleaner, modern style. It doesn’t have to be all of nothing, you know. Also: ten bucks says that those lighting fixtures were from the 1970s.

In other JustJen news, In Touch Weekly (via Jezebel) claims this week that Aniston is “so desperate” to be a mom that she’s “mothering” Justin by “controlling his social life, fixing his hair, directing his career, and dictating his style.” Basically, we’re supposed to just blame Aniston for The Shane Warne-ing of Justin Theroux.

bullshit about theroux having a clean modern style
there is a long newyork times article about his taste in design;the article is titled ‘the joy of junk, i think that tells u all u need t know about his tatste lol..

he decorates his house with objects he finds in dumpsters , things like a weird head of a baby doll, or human skull. yikes

that WAS very informative that NY Times piece from 2003. It was sweet actually and also a bit rough around the edges for sure. Things can change in 8 or 9 years but it does make you wonder. I was trying to figure something out (scarily enough) about the whole Tate Donovan-Jennifer Aniston-Sandra Bullock period based on probably a comment here and read a comment from Tate Donovan where he said that Jen Aniston’s routine was more high end, luxury hotel and his was more bed & breakfast. They were together a long time (weren’t they?) before breaking up. I just have to wonder – if she doesn’t incorporate or ‘allow’ some of Justin T.’s flavor – if the same thing won’t be happening. He also has to stand up for what he wants – it’s hard to imagine that person who was so proud and excited about salvaging old things has just disappeared, even for love or any other ‘perks’ of the relationship.

well she sounded the same bitter way when talking about the taste of her ex husband. She was with him for a time before getting married. And she had to know what his design taste was too. Yet she criticized it. So maybe she didn’t learn much from her experience with Tate.

ITA lisa about Jen’s bitterness. I guess some just need to make her a victim and the man the villain all the time. Because Saint Aniston is perfect you know, and any man that says otherwise is a liar and bitter according to the loonifers. Sighs and rolls eyes.

@Lisa: I think the only thing she said (and was joking about) was that she could now buy comfortable couches, or something to that effect. When you consider that Pitt buys furniture like this: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/cliff-kuang/design-innovation/brad-pitt-goes-design-shopping-spree it’s not that difficult to see her point. It might be designer and “avant garde” (or more likely “a cote de la plaque), but it sure doesn’t look comfortable or even like something you’d actually sit on.

Jen was ‘not’ joking when she made the crack about buying a comfortable couch … she was dissing Brad. You can go to YouTube and watch that Diane Sawyer interview yourself.

@Cat1 …

If I’m not mistaken, Jen and Tate were still together (engaged?) when Jen talked her Management Team … er … I mean, when their mutual Management Team set Jen and Brad up on a blind date. It was also rumored at the time that Jen googled Brad to find out his interests before their date.

@Emma: According to People, she actually said that in a Vanity Fair interview.
“Aniston later admitted that she never cared for Pitt’s modern—and somewhat uncomfortable—design style. When asked what she liked about being on her own, Aniston quipped to Vanity Fair last year, “I can have a comfortable couch.” ”

Thanks for the link heyhey, I really enjoyed the article. I loved the description of the paintings that Amy Sedaris had given to him. I’d sure like to know what Amy thinks of JustJen, something tells me she wouldn’t get near the new Justin!

Loved this bit especially: “On his deck, he pointed to an old wooden door propped against a wall, its pale paint blistered and cracked. ‘That’s my favorite color in the world,’ he said. ‘Hospital green. It makes me feel like I have croup.’”

He used to be funny! Too bad mid-life narcissism turned him into a streamlined/modernist!

I thought the same thing. And then I realized that there’s nothing else for the rags to talk about, really. She doesn’t do anything. She makes movies that flop, she does yoga, she parties in Mexico. If she could just find a worthy cause she’d gain a bit of credibility.

Fairly sure her only cause is to make sure she doesn’t run out of margarita mix.

Almost every celebrity who makes decent money donates to charities, but they’re very low key about it. So fans bringing up Aniston’s charity at St. Jude’s doesn’t say much. I remember how because Zoey Deschanel (is that how you spell her name?) was getting divorced and so her finances became public and she donates 2% of her salary ($2000 out of a 100,000 per month salary) every month to charity. you never hear about Deschanel’s charity work though.

People like George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Bono, go above and beyond which is why they’re KNOWN for charity work.

i wish that the 1st JA picture can be retired. every time i see it, and one is too many, i get a headache because of the patterns. there are more flattering images of her that does not aggravate my vertigo

I like that Jen wants to personally redecorate her home rather than hiring someone. Obviously she loves the experience and we do not know that she isn’t combining her taste and Jusin’s preferences. She’s smart to invest in real estate not only because she enjoys it but because she actually profits from it. What is with the sudden interest in how Jen spends her money? I kinda already knew that she wasn’t buying Preference by Loreal or buying her cosmetics at Wal-Mart and I don’t have a problem with it.

What you say makes perfect sense and thus will be ignored by a certain segment of the celebitchy posting public!!
My hubby and I love to pick things out together. Furniture, paint colors, pictures, any and everything and you know what? I love that he is into it. It makes me feel good to know that making our home together is something he wants to do. I suspect that’s why Justin and Jen are shopping together.
The usual group will bash them for any and everything but as they really don’t to anything to offend, there’s not much to it!

I love to buy older homes, fix them up and sell them for a profit…hopefully. It’s a hobby and can be profitable if you are smart about it. I know many people who like interior design. It’s not an addiction.

My reply to you was based on your comment about Tate being bitter when he spoke about their different styles was an example of her doing the same thing. I never said anyone’s name to keep them out of it.

She said she was not into modern decorating. that she liked Shabby Chic. Then the world saw her decorate her home in the exact same taste she said was not her. Yes people change. But funny how her fans that say the know her so well were so taken aback when they saw this home she too 2 years to decorate. That didn’t fit the person she has said she was.

are you serious. YOU don’t sell a house because you don’t like the way it is decorated. YOU JUST CHANGE THE DECOR. She said in many interviews that she picked out all the furniture and even the landscaping. She said she had a hand in all of it. so I guess that was not true.

Hey Nancy, that made me smile. I was on the phone today coordinating medical appts. on behalf of my husband and asking questions of the nurse. She said she would find the answers and call back and I asked that she call me because I usually handle this stuff…I guess I stumbled over my explanation b/c she laughed and said “Oh, you’re a wife”!
So, anyway, yeah, I get your point!

Do people really honestly think she has a beautiful feminine face. I am getting tired of this unattractively faced woman of hollywood being labelled most sexy because she is obsessed with everyone thinking it.
I mean think of some of the really beautiful sexy people celebrity and non-celebrity who are not acclaimed for it as much as Manniston. I do not get it. Why are so many plain faced women cough cough Blake Lively… deemed so sexy in Hollywood?

No one’s self worth should be based about their physical beauty. Its just an honest question. And since Aniston prides herself on her “beauty” and talks about it all the time I think its fair I call it into question.

She appeals to the average person. She is not threatening. Nobody feels that she could take anything away from them. They may claim their husbands or boyfriends want her so badly..and maybe they do. But notice when they say that it is never with fear or doubt that she could come in and walk away with him.

and yes the word beautiful get used way too often with any and every woman in hollywood. But I have never seen and account from anyone meeting her that has gushed about her overwhelming beauty. Or been floored in her presence. I don’t think she is ugly. she is attractive and has a cute quality like a Goldie Hawn. But I don’t see the Beauty that some love to scream about. It is not there. And trying to force that on the public is not going to make it be there.

The way you explain it makes perfect sense. Aniston is the queen of the average looking women. So average looking women, who relate to and idolize Aniston, must have felt great when she was with the sexist man alive, according to many-not me, average lookers felt reassured.

But when Brad Pitt left Aniston for Jolie, a woman who was super sexy it really upset JenHens. This is where the hate for Jolie stems from. This hot woman and her leg “stealing” an average looking woman’s hot husband. And when Pitt said it was a bad marriage they ignore it because they are so bitter about a hot chick stealing a hot guy from an average chick. They just want to believe men prefer average non-threatening ladies as wives. Makes so much sense now. Sad though.

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”, truer words were never spoken. I do find Jen to be an attractive woman. She has a great body, pretty hair, pretty eyes, and a nice face. I don’t find it manly. Again, that’s what I see. Do I think she is the most beautiful woman in the world? No, I don’t. I find titles like that to be silly because, of course, not everyone is going to agree. While I do believe there are certain attributes that the majority of people would agree are desirable, there are others that vary and that’s not taking into consideration that little thing called “personality” that really has a great affect on how beautiful (or not) a person is perceived to be. Just my 2 cents.